A while ago I received a lovely yarn gift from a pen friend. Now it has been matured :) - fine yarn must wait until one finds just the right project - and finally turned into a lovely scarf. It's called Mirasol Pina and is a mix of Baby Alpacca and Bamboo. The pattern is called Yorkshire Shawl and can be purchased on Ravelry. It was designed by Judy Marples. I knitted it on needles 4mm and used exactly 100g.

Today I have a pair of mittens finished. It is Myria anniversary mittens which Bitta Mikkel Borg designed as her group - Bittamis Design for strikkelystne- on Facebook passed 10,000 members. It's a fun pattern. It consists of six different border and the order of which border to kni is determined by a dice. The borders are numbered and throwing dice for each to see which to be knit. Therefore, it becomes very many different varieties of these mittens. You can read more about them HERE on her blog.
My Myria mittens are knitted with different yarn scraps of Drops Alpaca, white, two gray, purple and light purple. It is nice to get used some scraps.They are knitted on needles 2.25mm. I thought it would take a long time with the thin needles, but it was so funny with the dice and borders so it went quickly . I want to knit more of them. She has also made ​​socks and hats with this pattern.

fredag 14. mars 2014

Aller først vil jeg takke for koselige bursdagsgratulasjoner i kommentarer i forrige innlegg!I mitt innlegg for en uke siden klaget jeg over regn og mangel på sol. Allerede neste dag kom sola og krokusen strålte for fullt, og Iris gikk rundt i strålende humør. Og nå har vi hatt en uke med mye sol!! Helt herlig :) Vi har levd etter prinsippet Carpe Diem og vært ute på tur nesten hver dag. Og sola har gitt ny energi så når vi ikke har vært ute har jeg tatt vårvask i kjøkkenskap og skikkelig rundvask på badet. Og jeg har pusset vinduene, så vi riktig kan nyte sola :) Det kommer turbilder på slutten av innlegget.First, I will say thank you for nice birthday greetings in the comments in the previous post!In my post a week ago I complained of rain and lack of sun . The very next day we got sun! The crocus were blooming and Iris was very happy too. And now we have had a week with lots of sun ! Absolutely wonderful :) We have lived by the principle Carpe Diem and been out in the sun almost every day. And the sun has given new energy so when we have not been out , I have done spring cleaning in kitchen cabinets and all around in the bathroom. And I have cleaned the windows , so we can really enjoy the sun :) There will be pictures from the trips at the end of this post.

TUNIKAEN ANNY / THE TUNIC ANNY

Nå er tunikaen min ferdig. Den er fra Drops design og mønsteret heter Anny. Det finner du HER. Den er strikket i Drops Nepal på pinner 5. Den er ganske tykk og varm og passer nok best til vinterbruk. Men den kan også være fin å ha på når jeg skal sitte ute i vårsola og strikke og det fremdeles er litt kjølig drag i lufta. Now my tunic is finished. It is a Drops design called Anny . Pattern in English can be found HERE . It is knitted in Drops Nepal on needles 5. It is quite thick and warm and is probably best suited for winter . But it can also be nice to have when I will sit out in the spring sun and knit and it's still a little cool in the air.

GRYTEKLUTER/ POTHOLDERS

Litt søm har det også blitt. Jeg trengte noen nye grytekluter og hadde noen stoffrester etter et forkle jeg sydde for en stund siden (Se her: les: noen år). Det ble til to grytekluter og en "legge oppå potetene for å holde dem varme klut". I have also done some sewing. I needed some new potholders and had some fabric scraps from an apron I made ​​a while ago (look here: read: a few years). I got two potholders and one " put on top of the potatoes to keep them warm hot pad ".

The pattern is called Watcha Got and is from This & That. I found it for sale on Ebay . I have made it from ​​the leftovers from a charm pack. It was fun to sew , so maybe I will make one more later . It was in two sizes. I made ​​the smallest.

Og så over til SOL OG VÅRSTEMNING fra noen av turene våre And now over to SUN AND SPRING FEELING from some of our trips.

VESTVANNET

Den første turen gikk til Vestvannet, like utenfor byen her. Det var blikkstille og fjellet som speilet seg i vannet laget utrolig flotte mønstre. The first trip was to Vestvannet, a lake just outside town. It was no wind and the rocks mirrored in the water made ​​gorgeous patterns.

Det er mye spennende å se i naturen når en har fantasien med seg.
For ikke lenge siden så vi jo en trollkatt på vår tur, og her ser jeg tydelig et vikinghode med hjelm ! (Uten horn) There is much exciting to see in the nature when we use our imagination.Not long ago we saw a troll cat on our way, and here I can see clearly a viking head with helmet! (Without horns)

Her ligger vikingen. Here is the viking lying.

Og hva er nå dette? En kjempe eller et troll til? And what is this? A giant or more troll?

fredag 7. mars 2014

For noen dager siden fant vi de første hestehovene som bringer bud om vår. De så litt pjuskete ut og savner nok sola de også. Men på kjøkkenbordet blomstret de opp.
Jeg har også begynt våren inne med noen kvister av forsythiaen fra hagen, og noen bjørkekvister. A few days ago we found the first Coltsfoot, the tiny little flower that brings sign of spring. They looked like they miss the sun too. But on the kitchen table they are beauiful and yellow.I also started spring inside with some twigs of forsythia from the garden , and some birch twigs.

Og mens vi venter på sola........Ikke så fristende å gå på tur....And while we wait for the sun ........ Not very tempting to go out ....

Men idag lagde jeg kakao og vi dro ut likevel. Vi kaller det å dra på Lars Monsen tur, når vi trosser været og kler oss etter forholdene :) Det nytter ikke alltid å sitte å vente på fint turvær. But today I made cocoa and we went out anyway . We call it going on Lars Monsen trip , when we defy the weather and dress for the conditions :) Lars Monsen is a Norwegian adventurer well known from TV and books. We can not always sit and wait for nice weather.

Det var ikke så mye utsikt idag, kunne knapt skimte den andre siden av elva. Og det både blåste og regnet. Men det gjør alltid godt å komme seg ut i naturen. Og nå sier de at det skal bli sol til uka, så vi får håpe de har rett! Det er neimen ikke mye vi har sett sola i vinter. Leste nettopp at det kun har vært 17 timer med sol hittil iår. It was not much view today, we could hardly see the other side of the river. And there was wind and rain . But it is always good to get out in the nature. And now they say that it will be sunny next week , so we hope they are right! It's certainly not much we have seen the sun this winter . I just read that it has only been 17 hours with sun so far this year.

Forrige uke ble det ikke så mye håndarbeid for jeg forberedte bursdagsfeiring. Jeg fylte 60 år den 18. februar. Og på lørdag 1. mars kom ungdommene hjem og vi feiret med koldtbord og kaker! Det er litt rart å runde 60, men jeg synes broren min sa det så fint i en bursdagshilsen til meg :"Det er fint å få lov å bli et år eldre - år etter år. Ikke bare for deg
selv, men også for dine nærmeste, annen familie og venner. Du betyr nok mer for
andre enn det du kan forstå selv."
Det er ingen selvfølge hvor mange år vi får. Vi har jo mistet min eldste bror, 65 år og min manns yngre bror 56 år. Så det er viktig å glede seg over dagen idag og være takknemlig for livet og familien og venner. Last week I didn't do much knitting or sewing, because I prepared for birthday celebration. I was 60 years on 18. February. And on Saturday arrived the youngsters home and we could celebrate with a buffet and cakes ! It's a little weird to be 60, but I think my brother said it so well in a birthdaygreeting to me:" It's nice to be allowed to be a year older - year after year. Not only for yourself but also for your family and friends. You mean more to others than you can understand yourself. "There is no guarantee how many years we get. We 've lost my oldest brother , 65 years and my husband's younger brother 56 years. So it is important to enjoy each day and be thankful for life and family and friends.

Og så fikk jeg en pakke til, med resten av garnet og fine pinner og gavekort til mer garn :) Jeg syntes det var så artig at han hadde satt seg til med strikkeskole på internett og strikket for å lage en morsom vri på gaven . For han hadde glemt strikkekunsten fra han var barn. Det ble jo riktig pent etterhvert også :) Men han ble visst ikke bitt av strikkebasillen...he he... De lærte jo da de var barn at de fineste gavene å gi var de som de hadde laget selv :) Så kjekt å se at noe av barnelærdommen sitter!I got such a fun and sweet gift from oldest son. First I got a little soft packing and unpacking this :He had knitted scarf , he said : D And then I got a package with the rest of the yarn and fine knitting needles and gift certificate to more yarn :) I thought it was so sweet that he had sat down with knitting school on the internet and knitted to create a fun twist to the gift. For he had forgotten the knitting he learned as a child. He got the knitting right nicely too, after some while :) But he was not bitten by the knitting bug ... he he ... They learned when they were children that the nicest gifts to give were the ones they had made ​​themselves :) So it is nice to see that he remembers what I told him when he was a child!

VELKOMMEN

Jeg er 64 år og har vært gift med min kjære i 42 år. Mor til tre voksne gutter. Jeg er glad i å strikke, sy, quilte og litt brodering. I am 64 years old and live in Norway. I have been married to my dear husband for 42 years and I am mother to 3 grown up sons. I love to knit, sew and quilt, and some embroidery.